A prospectus for future geomorphological investigation of the Namib Sand Sea

Ian Livingstone; Andreas Baas; Mark D Bateman; Charles Bristow; Robert G Bryant; Joanna E Bullard; Joanna M Nield; David S G Thomas; Kevin H White; Giles F S Wiggs

doi:10.1080/0035919X.2014.936330

A prospectus for future geomorphological investigation of the Namib Sand Sea

Ian Livingstone, Andreas Baas, Mark D Bateman, Charles Bristow, Robert G Bryant, Joanna E Bullard, Joanna M Nield, David S G Thomas, Kevin H White, Giles F S Wiggs

University of Northampton

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Abstract

The Namib Sand Sea in southern Africa offers an ideal location in which to consider general questions about the evolution of sand seas, about the fluxes of sand through contemporary dune fields and about the patterns of dune form that are created. This paper aims to provide a concise account of the approaches and techniques that are currently being used and will be used in the future to address these questions. The paper considers the techniques employed to investigate wind climate, the morphometry of the dunes, the internal structure of dune sediments, the age of the dunes and the potential to model dune development.

Original language	English
Article number	3
Pages (from-to)	151-156
Number of pages	6
Journal	Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa
Volume	69
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/0035919X.2014.936330
Publication status	Published - 31 Jul 2014

Keywords

Namib Desert
sand dune
remote sensing
morphometry
terrestrial laser scanner
ground-penetrating radar
cellular automaton model

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